"He signed a new one-year deal that has enough up-front money that Donald is guaranteed to play this season," Woy wrote to Wilde in an e-mail. "The Packers would not re-sign him if they didn't want him back as an organization."

Wilde also reported that the contract will run for just one more year.

Driver, who recently won the television reality show "Dancing With the Stars," had been set to make $5 million in 2012. However, because the 37-year-old veteran was coming off a down season, there had been some doubt about whether the Packers would want him back.